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● Leering, obscene gestures, sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons, or posters,
suggestive or insulting sounds, or suggestive or obscene notes or letters.
● Physical contact of a sexual nature, including sexually suggestive or offensive touching,
impeding, or blocking movements, or brushing up against the body.

Harassing conduct can occur beyond DELFI’s facilities or working hours; thus, this policy applies
to offsite conduct occurring at the facilities of a customer or other business partner, after-hours
conduct at DELFI events, and any other time or place, such as a DELFI or business-related
function, where the conduct impacts the workplace. It is important to remember that behavior
that may be appropriate in a social setting may nonetheless be inappropriate in the workplace
or in work-related social settings. Whether unlawful harassment has occurred does not depend
on the actor’s intent or belief as to the welcomeness of the comment or conduct. Rather, this
policy is violated when conduct or words, due to their focus on or connection to a Protected
Characteristic, have the effect of creating a hostile working environment for DELFI personnel.

Bullying
Bullying is offensive, malicious, or insulting behavior, and it’s often a repeated behavior. Bullying
sometimes involves the misuse of power that can make a person feel vulnerable, upset,
humiliated, undermined, or threatened. Power does not always mean being in a position of
authority, but it can include both personal strength and the power to coerce through fear or
intimidation. Bullying is repeated inappropriate behavior, either direct or indirect, whether
verbal, physical or otherwise, at the place of work and/or in the course of employment.

Bullying can take many forms, including but not limited to:
● Verbal: Slandering, ridiculing, or maligning a person or their family; persistent name
calling that is hurtful, insulting or humiliating; using a person as the point of jokes; abusive
and offensive remarks.
● Physical contact: Pushing, shoving, kicking, poking, tripping, assault or threat of physical
assault, damage to a person’s work area or property
● Gesture: Non-verbal threatening gestures that can convey threatening messages.
● Exclusion: Repeated social or physical exclusion or disregard for someone at work-related
activities.
There are other behaviors that constitute or contribute to evidence of bullying in the workplace.
Legitimate, reasonable, and constructive criticism of performance or behavior, or reasonable
instructions given in the course of employment, does not amount to bullying on their own.
Bullying is unacceptable.

Retaliation
The Company will not tolerate, nor does the law allow, retaliation against any employee for
making a complaint of misconduct or for cooperating in an investigation. Retaliation means
adverse conduct taken because an individual participated in the activities described above.
Examples of retaliation include:

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